European Health Parliament
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
British (England - East Anglia, Cambridge, Hertfordshire) British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)Transcript
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health care in Europe today is flourishing with life. It is characterised by countless exceptional achievements, bursting with wonderfully talented professionals and valued by millions of patients. It is also, however, facing a number of tremendous challenges. Some examples one Europe's 500 million citizens are ageing rapidly. By 2050 the working age population will decrease by 16% while the number of elderly will increase by 77%. As a result, chronic diseases will saw swallowing up 80% of health care budgets. How will Europe keep future healthcare sustainable? Two. While Europe accommodates only 7.3 of the world's population, it accounts for nearly 1/4 of global alcohol consumption, making it the world's leading consumer of alcohol. And yet a common European strategy in terms of alcoholism and other chronic diseases currently does not exist, and three off the 27 countries with the highest multiple drug resistant tuberculosis burden worldwide, 11 are European. It is estimated that influenza annually claims 38,500 excess deaths in Europe, many of which could have been prevented. However, Europe still lacks a coordinated policy on cross border threats to tackle these and many other issues. A powerful combination of ambition, creative intelligence and youthful bravery is required. 80 young professionals and students united and formed the European Health Parliament, an idea generating platform inspired and facilitated by Jansen, Google Politico, the U 40 and College of Europe. Its mission to reshape European healthcare. Its slogan Occupy Health Street. After an intense year of hard work, fiery debates and high level contacts with a wide range of European experts, the European Health Parliament developed seven policy papers, which contain an impressive amount of groundbreaking recommendations. Find out how these recommendations will change the future of European health care on www dot health parliament dot you and occupy Health Street with us on screen. Www dot health parliament dot you.